Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Alternative combinations: Hexaprotodon hipponensis, Hippopotamus hipponensis
Belongs to Hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon) according to C. Arambourg 1979
See also Coryndon 1977 and Weston and Boisserie 2010
Sister taxa: Hexaprotodon aethiopicus, Hexaprotodon bruneti, Hexaprotodon coryndoni, Hexaprotodon crusafonti, Hexaprotodon dissimilis, Hexaprotodon dulu, Hexaprotodon garyam, Hexaprotodon imaguncula, Hexaprotodon iravticus, Hexaprotodon mingoz, Hexaprotodon namadicus, Hexaprotodon palaeindicus, Hexaprotodon pantanellii, Hexaprotodon primaevus, Hexaprotodon sahabiensis, Hexaprotodon shungurensis, Hexaprotodon siculus, Hexaprotodon sivalensis
Type specimen: 1
Ecology: amphibious grazer-browser
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon) hipponensis in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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